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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:59 am    Post subject: Famous People Suspected to Have Autism Reply with quote

•Virginia Woolf: Prolific writer rumored to write only while standing up
•Andrew Jackson: Former President of the U.S. said to believe the world was flat
•Daryl Hannah: Actress diagnosed with borderline autism
•Sue Rubin: The subject of the documentary Autism is a World
•Woody Allen: Brilliant director and actor who exhibits some signs
•Bob Dylan: Musician who is rumored to be borderline autistic
•Andy Kaufman: Famous comic and actor whose odd behavior indicated autism
•Vincent van Gogh: An eccentric yet extremely talented artist who exhibited some traits of autism
•Andy Warhol: Another brilliant artist whose behavior indicates possible autism
•Courtney Love: Widow of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain who was diagnosed with mild autism at three years old
•Hikari Oe: Famous Japanese composer said to be autistic
•Dylan Scott Pierce: A wildlife illustrator who is considered to have high functioning autism
•Donna Williams: Australian author of Nobody Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere who was diagnosed with autism in her 20s
•Bill Gates: American business magnate, philanthropist, author, and chairman of Microsoft
•Isaac Newton: English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
•Albert Einstein: German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity
•Steven Spielberg: American film director, screenwriter, film producer, and studio executive
•Dawn Prince Hughes: PhD, primate anthropologist, ethnologist
•Matthew Laborteaux: Actor on Little House on the Prairie
•Jasmine O'Neill: Author of Through the Eyes of Aliens
•Robert Gagno: Actor from Vancouver
•Birger Sellin: Author from Germany
•Temple Grandin: Author and inspiration for a movie about her life
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 1:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

* Glenn Gould, A Great Pianist

... maybe I'll play like him someday Smile (well maybe not, but why not try and practice....)

Seems to me all the Great Ones (anyway, all those I respect the most) in any field are somewhat autistic/asperger. What does that tell you...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marshall Mathers.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a huge list here already but David Bowie comes to mind easily.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh yes David Bowie has to be a Aspie a lot of people in history have had autism.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kurt Cobain
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wouldn't be suprised...
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cleopatra was rumored to have it even though they didn't know what it was in her time.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've had my eye on William James Sidis for a while.

Look him up.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 12:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've seen these kinds of lists a few times and the ones that always stand out to me, plus a few I've found on my own, are:

Nikola Tesla
Matthew Bellamy
Thomas Jefferson
Albert Einstein
Glenn Gould
Moe Norman
Bill Gates

Should be obvious reasons. Those are the 7 I'd be willing to bet money on.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

H.P. Lovecraft
Beatrice Potter
Steve Wozniak
Henry Thoreau
Socrates
Aristotle
Karen Carpenter
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joker wrote:
Oh yes David Bowie has to be a Aspie a lot of people in history have had autism.

I don't know that much about Bowie (might come as a surprise, considering my profile), can you explain?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bob Dylan
Mick Avory
Peter Tork
Marilyn Monroe
Gary Newman
Joe Cocker
Walt Disney
Jim Henson
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bun wrote:
Joker wrote:
Oh yes David Bowie has to be a Aspie a lot of people in history have had autism.

I don't know that much about Bowie (might come as a surprise, considering my profile), can you explain?


Hey Bun this link might help explain it better then I can some times I'm not good at writting the thoughts in my head in a post.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_david_Robert_bowie_have_adhd_or_aspergers_syndrome
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 2:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Robert Pattinson
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